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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 15 



PERFORATED ZINC STRIPS. 



The rows of holes in the queen-excluding zinc from 

 our new machine are as close together as in the origi- 

 nal Tinker zinc. In making zinc strips for wood-zinc 

 honey-boards it is customary to remove every third 

 punch. By this plan the strips cut from the new zinc 

 will be \^ wide instead of }§, the width we have been 

 supplying during the pas t two years. The wood slats 

 used in connection with the new strips will have to be 

 made a little wider, or not grooved quite so deep, or 

 both. We can not fuss with any more of the strips j| 

 wide except such stock as may be in the hands of our 

 dealers. 



The new zinc gives about 15 per cent more perfora- 

 tions than the old, and over 30 per cent more than the 

 original Root zinc. 



EXTRACTED HONEY. 



We keep on hand a large stock of extracted honey 

 from different sources, and are prepared to supply at 

 the prices shown below. The following flavors are 

 usually in stock. 



PACK.4.GES. 



By far the largest part of our honey comes put up in 

 the 60-lb. square tin cans, two cans in a case. We 

 also get some in kegs and barrels We agree to 

 furnish it only in such packages as we happen to have. 

 Unless J on find price quoted for different packages, it 

 is understood that we furnish only in 5-gallon and 1- 

 gallon cans. 



PRICES. — F. O. B. MEDINA, CHICAGO, OR PHILADELPHIA 



AIKEN HONEY-BAGS. 



We did not include these bags in our catalog this 

 year because we wanted to see them more generally 

 tested in different sections of the countrv, and proven 

 a satisfactory package everywhere before doing so. 

 We are prepared to supply them, and have arranged 

 for a 1-lb. size in addition to the four other sizes sold 

 h«=retofore. We are not yet supplied with the 1-lb. 

 size, but expect to have all five sizes in abundance by 

 June at the latest. We have orders in for 175,000 bags, 

 and the prices in various quantities will be as follows: 



1-LB. SIZE, ^]4^ol4. 



100 $ .65 I 1000 



500 3.00 I 5000 @. 



2-LB. SIZE, 5x71/2. 



100..." 8 .80 



£03 3 75 



1000 7.00 



5C0O@ 6.60 



3J^-lb. SIZE, 6x9J^. 



100 $1.00 



.500 4.75 



1000 8 75 



5000® 8.25 



,.$5.50 

 .. 5.25 



5lb. SIZE, 7x10. 



100 $ 1 20 



500 5.50 



1000 10 50 



5000® 10 00 



10 lb. SIZE, 10x10 J^. 



100 f 150 



500 7.00 



1000 13 50 



5000® 13 00 



We will print in name and address of producer or 

 dealer, in different quantities, at the following sched- 

 ule of prices for any size: 



I^ots of 100 30cts. 



Lotsof 2.50 .50cts. 



Lots of 500 75cts. 



I^otsoflOOO fl.OO. 



For each additional 1000, add 50 cents. Each change 

 of name and address counts as a separate order. For 

 instance, 1000 bags printed with four different names 

 and addresses, 250 of each, would be $2.00; with ten 

 different names $3.00, etc. As the bags must be print- 

 ed before they are made up and coated, we can not 

 change the label except in lots of 10,000 or over. We 

 have some plain 2-lb. size of dark drab paper which 

 we can furnish plain at $2 00 per 1000 less than prices 

 quoted above, or we can print a smaller special label 

 in one color at above rates extra for printing. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



SEED POTATOES. 



.\lmost every day I have to write to somebody that 

 we are sold out of seed potatoes; and it is with some 

 reluctance that I add, •' I shall probably not grow po- 

 tatoes for seed any more." Our regular bu'iiness is as- 

 suming such proportions that we have been really 

 obliged to drop off all side issues. In this issue you 

 will see an advertisement from Wilbur Fenn, of Tall- 

 madge, Ohio, offeringsome choice potatoes; and I take 

 pU asure in adding that my cousin, Mr Fenn, for many 

 years grew for me about the best seed potatoes I ever 

 sold. 



THE GOLDEN-LEAVED SALVI.A. 



Dr. Miller, on the first page of Straws, this issue, 

 does not think much of my special favorite foliage- 

 plant when put outdoors in the hot sun. I was aware 

 of this; but when grown in a greenhouse shaded with 

 cheese-cloth, as I have described, I should place it 

 ahead of any other foliage-plant of the golden hue. 

 The delicate purity of the new leaves as they unfold 

 rejoices my heart morning, noon, and night. It is one 

 of the easiest plants in the world from which to make 

 cuttings; and when the temperature and the amount 

 of moisture is just right it is one of the most rapid- 

 growing plants. The finest strain I ever found came 

 from John L,ewis Childs, of Floral Park. N. Y. There 

 is another golden salvia grown by florists, called 

 " yellow bird.'" and the name is verj appropriate; but 

 I hardly think it equal to the strain from Childs. The 

 plant not only grows rapidly, but often puts out fiery- 

 red racemes of bloom when the plant is only one or 

 two inches high. 



- brings fruits and flowers. We make 

 the right appliances. Special adapta- 

 tion to every need. 



HAND, BUCKET, BARREL KNAP- 

 SACK and POWER SPRAYERS. 

 20 style.i. Nozzles, hose, attachments, formulas, 

 every spraying accessory. Write for free catalog. 



The Demlng Co., Salem, O. 

 Wfgtei-n ArenTs, Hemon ^ Hubbell, Chicago, 



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 get our clubbing rates. 



The Poultry Review, Dept. IX, Bustleton, Pa. 



(fO PER 13 for White and Barred Rocks, Silver- 

 $Z laced Wyandottes, Red Caps, White and Brown 

 L,eghorns; and Black Minorcas. 



QQ PER 13 for Buff Rocks, Buff Orpingtons, Bufif 

 $U I,eghorns, Black Spanish, and White Wyan- 

 dottes. Reference, The A. I. Root Co. 



Quality Poultry Yards, - Medina, Ohio. 



For Sale. — Black queens from natural swarms, 25 

 cts. each. Ivey Seawell, Ft. Deposit, Ala. 



